Category: Climate Finance

Task Force on Climate Development engages on debt for climate swaps

  • Climate Finance

IMF Floats the Possibility of Debt for Climate Swaps

The IMF has explored the option of debt for climate swaps in a recent working paper, concluding that they may be appropriate in some cases.
  • Climate Finance, Climate Negotiations

South African Just Energy Transition Partnerships: New and Transformative Finance Lacking

Details around the finance provided under South Africa’s $8.5 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership have been vague and unclear, with worrying signs that the terms of finance will make it unfit for purpose.
  • Climate Finance

US Pledges $5 million to Address Methane Emissions in Africa

  • Climate Finance

Rwanda will host the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board Meeting in March 2023

  • Climate Finance

OECD reports that developed countries fell $17billion short of their climate finance target

  • Climate Finance

Egypt seeks to raise ambition with no “backsliding or backtracking” on commitments

  • Climate Finance, Climate Negotiations

New Zealand releases international climate change finance strategy

  • Climate Finance

Implications of the United States’ new Climate Law and Africa Strategy for Africa

The US’s Inflation Reduction Act contains some of the most robust climate change provisions in American history. It will likely spur a race to the top in renewable energy technologies and have implications for African exports in critical minerals for these technologies. The US Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa, which was released around the same time, however is disappointingly vague on key climate issues, including climate finance.
  • Climate Finance, Climate Negotiations, Uncategorized